Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

True, but you do have snow.

Yeah, fortunate enough to get both

 

[JJR58]

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I think that is turning a train wreck into a shipwreck.

I so needed a good laugh right now.

 

[JJR58]

Bookmarking this post....

Same!

 

[amimbari]

Didn't know you had let your TBX go, I'm playing mine quite a bit of late and am loving it more than ever, is the Charvel similar? How many did they produce?

Yes, Identical in every way except the logo and no TBX TR cover. How many did they keep in Japan for the dealers over there?

I have no clue but not too many considering the limited run of TBX's that made it to the USA the Charvel version was much more rare.

 

[Butcherboy]

Just picked up my BiCen to check relative volumes. With both pickups at the same distance from the bottom of the strings the neck is substantially louder than the bridge (one pup full ON, the other full OFF).

I just raised the bridge pup about 1/16" above the neck and output is closer. Maybe lower your neck pup.

Generally proper setup on a two pickup bass is to get the height of the treble pickup where it sounds best and balanced E-G (usually slightly closer on treble side than bass) and then match neck pup output by adjusting its height.

f you value highest possible pickup output above all else this doesn't work. But getting EQUAL output from both pups increases tonal options without having to constantly fiddle with amp knobs.

From left to right.... new to me 65 Rev came with flats, sounds similar to the 66 NR with rounds....but only the white 76 has the „angry piano tone“ ...

 

[JJR58]

From left to right.... new to me 65 Rev came with flats, sounds similar to the 66 NR with rounds....but only the white 76 has the „angry piano tone“ ...

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Just, Wow!!!

 

[dagrev]

Just picked up my BiCen to check relative volumes. With both pickups at the same distance from the bottom of the strings the neck is substantially louder than the bridge (one pup full ON, the other full OFF).

I just raised the bridge pup about 1/16" above the neck and output is closer. Maybe lower your neck pup.

Generally proper setup on a two pickup bass is to get the height of the treble pickup where it sounds best and balanced E-G (usually slightly closer on treble side than bass) and then match neck pup output by adjusting its height.

f you value highest possible pickup output above all else this doesn't work. But getting EQUAL output from both pups increases tonal options without having to constantly fiddle with amp knobs.

That your PUs are that unbalanced as well makes me feel better.

I have lowered the neck PU some, but didn't want to go too far and start getting a hollow or distant sound. Normally I have two PU basses set as you mentioned, but more balance and bridge bite may require more lowering of the neck PU. Higher output is not a concern. That's easily adjusted on my Ampegs , but I certainly understand what you are saying. Thanks for the confirmation and suggestions. Much appreciated!

 

[dagrev]

From left to right.... new to me 65 Rev came with flats, sounds similar to the 66 NR with rounds....but only the white 76 has the „angry piano tone“ ...

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Wish I had the covers for my white '76. My headstock is all white as well.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

my 14 year old is about to get his driving permit. wants a 240 Nissan he can tinker with to make it a drift car..
blows my mind how expensive insurance will be...he wanted a 350Z (NOT!!) and the insurance would have been $350 a month! crazy...there was one of those Z's locally so we (me with him as passenger) took it for a test drive...
don't know where all the rave about those is....sounded like a hairdryer and had no real ba11s....

there is nothing like an OHV V8...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

All this talk of pros and cons of doing song requests reminds me what I love most about not gigging anymore - I can play whatever I want, as often as I want, and as wrong as I want, and (while my wife's not in the house) as loud as I want and nobody cares.

My observation is the whole request thing is largely driven by the venue. In a small club, wedding or dine and dance setting it's not uncommon to expect requests. Not so much when you're on an elevated stage where you're expected to perform your versions of covers or original work. I guess the closer the audience the more they feel like they can approach the band with requests.

These days about the closest I get to requests is when I'm working on ear practice. I just set Pandora on random play and anything from Bach to the Zombies pops up, there's Reggae and country and big band and polka and classic rock and disco and metal and rap (have to admit I fast forward through the rap) and swing and jazz, etc. Definitely keeps you on your toes.

Kinda apples and oranges with all due respect...there is (for me) some real gratification in being able to interpret accurately in a live band setting...
at a recent gig, another full band minus their bass player got up onstage and wanted to perform "Shallow" (which the singer tore the sh1t out of) and I didn't know it...they threw me a chart and voila! perfect rendition! pretty cool feeling...now I have another song in my bag of tricks..

 

[Dadagoboi]

From left to right.... new to me 65 Rev came with flats, sounds similar to the 66 NR with rounds....but only the white 76 has the „angry piano tone“ ...

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Very nice Reverse! No whites shipped in '76. I got my first one in July '77.
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Headstocks were all white with a stamped serial number on the back parallel to the tuners. Necks were painted all the way up to the face of the fretboard. Strap button was located on the upper horn, not on heel. That's a refin IMO.

 

[Gaolee]

Very nice Reverse! No whites shipped in '76. I got my first one in July '77.
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Headstocks were all white with a stamped serial number on the back parallel to the tuners. Necks were painted all the way up to the face of the fretboard. Strap button was located on the upper horn, not on heel. That's a refin IMO.

That's interesting about the paint on the headstock. The Burgundy Mist 'Bird will have the black portion remaining black, not painted to match the headstock. I thought about it quite a bit trying to decide what would be appropriate, and it came down to leaving the black part black. The back of the neck and the edge around the headstock will be painted. It came down to paint where the original burst finish was, and no paint where there wasn't paint to begin with. It is hardly a surprise that Gibson did it more than one way over the years.

 

[Dadagoboi]

That's interesting about the paint on the headstock. The Burgundy Mist 'Bird will have the black portion remaining black, not painted to match the headstock. I thought about it quite a bit trying to decide what would be appropriate, and it came down to leaving the black part black. The back of the neck and the edge around the headstock will be painted. It came down to paint where the original burst finish was, and no paint where there wasn't paint to begin with. It is hardly a surprise that Gibson did it more than one way over the years.

Faster to just shoot the entire neck one color than to two tone it like they did in the sixties. Bicentennials have less hand work than 60s Reverses. Side by side it's easy to see the differences.

The raised part of the headstock is black plastic on BiCens, you can see it peeking under the edge of my headstock shot. That made painting easy on naturals, sunbursts, and black basses as well as whites.

Rule of thumb, longer production goes on the faster/cheaper they build them. 1964:

 

[Butcherboy]

Very nice Reverse! No whites shipped in '76. I got my first one in July '77.
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Headstocks were all white with a stamped serial number on the back parallel to the tuners. Necks were painted all the way up to the face of the fretboard. Strap button was located on the upper horn, not on heel. That's a refin IMO.

...S/N 00....says 76...but certainly a refin....might have been black in his former life...

 

[BklynKen]

Faster to just shoot the entire neck one color than to two tone it like they did in the sixties. Bicentennials have less hand work than 60s Reverses. Side by side it's easy to see the differences.

The raised part of the headstock is black plastic on BiCens, you can see it peeking under the edge of my headstock shot. That made painting easy on naturals, sunbursts, and black basses as well as whites.

Rule of thumb, longer production goes on the faster/cheaper they build them. 1964:

What strings are those? I love the SIT Power Steel and feel like I've found what I needed, but I have to admit I'm a sucker for silk wrapping.

 

[Dadagoboi]

What strings are those? I love the SIT Power Steel and feel like I've found what I needed, but I have to admit I'm a sucker for silk wrapping.

Ken Smith RockMasters (stainless). BassBurners (nickel) on the BiCen.

 

[BklynKen]

Ken Smith RockMasters (stainless). BassBurners on the BiCen.

Wow, slumming it with stainless steel?

 

[dagrev]

my 14 year old is about to get his driving permit. wants a 240 Nissan he can tinker with to make it a drift car..
blows my mind how expensive insurance will be...he wanted a 350Z (NOT!!) and the insurance would have been $350 a month! crazy...there was one of those Z's locally so we (me with him as passenger) took it for a test drive...
don't know where all the rave about those is....sounded like a hairdryer and had no real ba11s....

there is nothing like an OHV V8...
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What were you thinking? The other sounded stupid because you were comparing it to the REAL car in the pic!

I personally don't like the cars that sound like a wound out weed-eater. And children think that sounds cool/impressive. We're all doomed when they are in control.

 

[BklynKen]

What were you thinking? The other sounded stupid because you were comparing it to the REAL car in the pic!

I personally like the cars that sound like a wound out weed-eater. And children think that sounds cool/impressive. We're all doomed when they are in control.

Nicest car sound I ever heard was at Mosport, when I was just entering the back straight and a Ferrari F355 Challenge passed me at full throttle. It was like a symphony.

 

[Dadagoboi]

You can shove your V-8s.

JWT twin turbos, Stillen cat backs. 420HP, 30mpg @70mph.